diff --git a/android/src/com/artifex/mupdf/BitmapHolder.java b/android/src/com/aindex 244d5d6..860260e 100644
--- a/android/src/com/artifex/mupdf/BitmapHolder.java
+++ b/android/src/com/artifex/mupdf/BitmapHolder.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ public class BitmapHolder {
        }

        public synchronized void setBm(Bitmap abm) {
+               if (bm != null && bm != abm) {
+                       bm.recycle();
                        bm = abm;
                }
        }

diff --git a/android/src/com/artifex/mupdf/MuPDFCore.java b/android/src/com/artiindex 15c90e1..ef1c17a 100644
--- a/android/src/com/artifex/mupdf/MuPDFCore.java
+++ b/android/src/com/artifex/mupdf/MuPDFCore.java
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ public class MuPDFCore
                        int patchX, int patchY,
                        int patchW, int patchH) {
                gotoPage(page);
+               // Clear the reference out before creating the new bitmap
+               h.setBm(null);
                Bitmap bm = Bitmap.createBitmap(patchW, patchH, Config.ARGB_8888                drawPage(bm, pageW, pageH, patchX, patchY, patchW, patchH);
                h.setBm(bm);